Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on April - 15.  

1621  On April - 15 death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony  

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on this day in history.  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on this day in history.  

1659  On April - 15 simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on April - 15.  

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on this day in history.  

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  On April - 15 ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.  

1853  On this day in history johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On this day in history georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  On April - 15 death of edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)  

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1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  On this day in history birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)  

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)